The Changing World of Bali

Religion, Society and Tourism

By Leo Howe

The glossy guide book image of Bali is of a timeless paradise whose people are devoutly religious and artistically gifted. However, a hundred years of...

Published November 11th 2005 by Routledge.

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Contemporary Landscapes of Contemplation

Edited by Rebecca Krinke

Contemplative landscape and contemplative space are familiar terms in the areas of design, landscape architecture and architecture. Krinke and her highly regarded contributors set out...

Published September 1st 2005 by Routledge.

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The Reinvention of Primitive Society

Transformations of a Myth

By Adam Kuper

The Invention of Primitive Society, Adam Kuper’s best selling critique of ideas about the origins of society and religion that have been much debated since...

Published June 23rd 2005 by Routledge.

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Colonialist Photography

Imag(in)ing Race and Place

Edited by Eleanor M. Hight, Gary D. Sampson

Colonialist Photography is an absorbing collection of essays and photographs exploring the relationship between photography and European and American colonialism. The book is packed with...

Published July 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion

Edited by Michael Banton

As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in...

Published February 26th 2004 by Routledge.

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Development and Local Knowledge

Edited by Alan Bicker, Johan Pottier, Paul Stillitoe

There is a revolution happening in the practice of anthropology. A new field of 'indigenous knowledge' is emerging, which aims to make local voices hear...

Published December 18th 2003 by Routledge.

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Immigrant Life in the US

Multi-disciplinary Perspectives

Edited by Donna R. Gabaccia, Colin Wayne Leach

Immigrant Life in the U.S. brings together scholars from across the disciplines to examine diverse examples of immigration to the paradigmatic 'nation of immigrants'. The...

Published October 30th 2003 by Routledge.

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The Ethics of Anthropology

Debates and Dilemmas

Edited by Pat Caplan

Since the inception of their discipline, anthropologists have studied virtually every conceivable aspect of other peoples' morality - religion, social control, sin, virtue, evil, duty,...

Published June 19th 2003 by Routledge.

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Consuming Urban Culture in Contemporary Vietnam

Edited by Lisa Drummond, Mandy Thomas

Vietnam is currently undergoing a metamorphosis from a relatively closed society with a centrally planned economy, to a rapidly urbanising one with a global outlook....

Published June 5th 2003 by Routledge.

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I Am Dynamite

An Alternative Anthropology of Power

By Nigel Rapport

Power is conventionally regarded as being held by social institutions. We are taught to believe that it is these social structures that determine the environment...

Published May 15th 2003 by Routledge.

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